Psalms 51:9

51:9 Hide your face ¹  from my sins!

Wipe away ²  all my guilt!

Psalms 69:28

69:28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! ³ 

Do not let their names be listed with the godly! ⁴ 

Psalms 109:13

109:13 May his descendants ⁵  be cut off! ⁶ 

May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! ⁷ 

[51:9]  ¹ sn In this context Hide your face from my sins means “Do not hold me accountable for my sins.”

[51:9]  ² tn See the note on the similar expression “wipe away my rebellious acts” in v. 1.

[69:28]  ³ tn Heb “let them be wiped out of the scroll of the living.”

[69:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “and with the godly let them not be written.”

[109:13]  ⁵ tn Or “offspring.”

[109:13]  ⁶ sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.

[109:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”